The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21
TALMAGE'S SERMON.


Rev. 4. Dewitt Taimage delivered the
following in the tabernacle at Brooklyn,
taking for his text: "And his disciples
went and told jesus Matthew xiv, IL.
An outrageous assassination had just
taken place, TO appease revengeful
woman King Herod ordered the death
Of that noble, self-sacrifcng Christian,
John the Baptist. The group of the
disciples was thrown into grief and
dismay. They felt themselves utterly
defenseless. There was no authority
TO which they could appeal, and yet
grief must always find expression. If
there be no human ear TO hear IL, then
the agonized soul will cry it aloud 10
the winds and the woods and the
waters. But there was an ear that
was willing to listen. There Is ten
der pathos, and nc the same time a
most admirable picture, in the words
of my text
They went and told Jesus.
He could understand all their grief,
and he immediately soothed IL. Our
burdens are not more than half so
heavy 10 carry If another is thrust
under the other end of them. Here
we find Christ, his brow Swallowed with
grief, standing amid the group Of dis
ciples, who, with tears, and violent
gesticulations, and wringlng of hands,
and cutlery Of bereavement, are ex-
pressing their woe. Raphael, with his
skillful brush putting upon the wall OF
a palace some scene of sacred story,
gave not so skillful stroke rs when
the plain hand of the evangelist writes:
They went and told Jesus.
The old Goths and Vandals once
came down upon Italy from the north
of Europe, and they upset the gardens,
and they broke down the affairs, and
swept away everything that was good
and beautiful. So there is ever and
anon in the history of all the sons and
daughters of our race an incursion of
rough-handed troubles that come TO
plumber and ransack and put TO the
torch all that men highly prize. There
is no cave so deeply cleft into the
mountains as 20 allow us shelter, and
the foot of fleetest courser can not
bear us beyond the quick pursuit. The
arrows they put TO the string fly With
unerring dart, until we fall pierced
and stunned.
feel that / bring to you most
appropriate message. | mean 10 bind
up all your griefs into bundle, and
set them on fire with a spark from
Gods altar. The same prescription
that cured the sorrows Of the disspl
will cure all your heartaches. have
read that when Godfrey ana his army
marched out TO capture Jerusalem, as
they came over the hills, at the first
flash of the pinnacles Of that beautiful
city, the army that had marched in
silence lifted shout that made the
earth tremble.
O, you soldiers OF Jesus Christ,
marching on toward heaven, l would
that to-day, by some CLEAN from the
palace of Gods mercy and Gods
strength, you might be lifted into
great rejoicing, and that before this
service is ended you might raise one
glad hosanna TO the Lord!
In the first place. | commend the
behavior Of these disciples TO all those
in this audience who are sinful and
unpardoned. There comes time in
almost every mans history when he
feels from some source that he has an
erring nature. The thought may not
have such heft as 20 fell him. 1t may
bc only like the flash in an evening
cloud just after very hot summer
day. One man, TO get rid Of that i'm
preston, will go TO prayer: another
will stimulate himself by ardent
spirits, and another man will dive
deeper In secularities. But sometimes
man can not get rid of these i'm
preGsions. The fact is, when man
finds out that his eternity is poised
upon q perfect uncertainty, and thai
.lIc next moment his foot may slip. hi
must do something violent TO max,
himself forget where he stands, OF
else ily for refuge
If there are any here who have re
solved that they would rather die OF
this awful cancer of sin than 10 have
the heavenly surgeon cut IL out, LET
inc say, my dear brother, you minglt
for yourself bitter cup. You nv II
the face of your everlasting interests
You crouch under a yoke and you bit,
the dust, when, this moment, yoI
might rise up crowned conqueror
Driven and perplexed and harassed al
you have been by sin, go and tel
/ Jesus.
Again, commend the behavior o.
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